Baligród massacre

The monument in Baligród

The Baligród massacre occurred on Sunday, 6 August 1944 in Baligród, Lesko County (in the current Subcarpathian Voivodeship), Poland. Ukrainians with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) murdered members of the Polish population.

The massacre

The UPA came from Stężnicy and Huczwic, and surrounded the Polish population gathered in the church. When some people left the church, 42 people were murdered. The killings were in retaliation for the killing of 16 Ukrainians in Stężnica on 4 August 1944 in self-defense by citizens of Baligród and by Soviet partisans.

Another attack by the UPA in Baligrod was made a year later. On 1 August 1945 at around 22:00, a subunit of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army attacked the police station. Polish militiamen defended the station until 5:00 in the morning, with the result that the Ukrainians withdrew, but in revenge burned seven houses.

Sources

• Grzegorz Motyka, W kręgu "Łun w Bieszczadach", Warszawa 2009, ISBN 978-83-7399-340-2

Massacres of ethnic Poles in World War II
Volhynia	Bortnica Budy Ossowskie Chrynów Dominopol Gaj Głęboczyca Gurów Hurby Janowa Dolina Kisielin Kisorycze Łuck Ostrówki Parośla I Poryck Wola Ostrowiecka Wiśniowiec Zagaje Żeniówka
Eastern Galicia	Adamy Budki Borowskie Berezne Barszczowice Bruckenthal Berezowica Mała Chodaczków Wielki Dołha Wojniłowska Huta Oleska Huta Pieniacka Katerburg Korosciatyń Lwów Palikrowy Podkamień
Belarus	Brzostowica Mała Naliboki
Lithuania	Glinciszki Koniuchy Ponary
Russia	Katyń
Current Poland	Baligród Bydgoszcz Ciepielów Cieszanów Cisna Chełm Czaszyn Częstochowa Dudyńce Hrubieszów Jedwabne Łaszczów Muczne Palmiry Piaśnica Przyszowice Wiązownica Warsaw (Wola) Warsaw (Ochota) Wawer
Polish self-defence centres	Huta Stepańska Kurdybań Warkowicki Kuty (in Volhynia) Pańska Dolina Przebraże Stara Huta

Coordinates: 49°20′14″N 22°17′09″E / 49.3372°N 22.2858°E / 49.3372; 22.2858